A 52-year-old man was killed as a truck ploughed into an eatery along the Chandpur-Cumilla highway on Wednesday afternoon, police said. The deceased was identified as Md Khorshed Alam, a daily wager and a resident of Cumilla’s Nangalcourt upazila. Also read: Two killed in Bagerhat road crash The accident occurred around 2pm in Chandpur’s Shahrashti upazila when the driver of the Cumilla-bound freight truck lost control of the vehicle during heavy showers. "Khorshed was standing in front of the hotel. He was crushed to death under the wheels of the speeding truck," said Md Abdul Mannan, officer-in-charge of Shahrashti Model Police Station. Also read:8-yr-old killed in Dhamrai road accident The body was later handed over to his family, the OC said.

Three people were killed and three others injured as a bus collided with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Kakoirtola area of Chandpur-Cumilla highway in Shahrasti upazila on Wednesday.